Battery-support.



R. MoA. LLOYD.

BATTERY SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7, 1912.

1,079,709, V Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

Witnesses: Inventor":

W Robert mcamuo d,

WW W @M Hisaqttorng UNITED STATES 1.1PATENT OFFICE.

303m .Ma-AfLLoYr, "or caA'Y, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR EEO-GENERAL ELECTRIC pour-ANY, aooRroRA'JIoN '01 NEW YORK.

x Specification of Letters EPatent,

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Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

To all whom it -m-ay concern:

Be it .known that .11, :Bonanr *MoA. LLOYD,

a citizen of the United States, residing-at =(Dyster Bay, county of vNessa-u, State of- New York,;have invented certain new and useful Improvements in' Battery Supports,

sirable boith-to--be ab1e:to readily remove and attach the battery as a whole andtolhave b5 access'to :the individual :cells without the.

complete-{removal of-all the-cells. Jif a battery may :be readily vrcmoved and attached,

two (or moretbatteries may be provided (for. a single vehicle and the vehicle used con-- "tinuously pone or jIII'OB-G ofitheybatteries may be receiving its charge at :the station while one is driving the vehicle. 'When minor changes in :one (or .a new; cells .e're necessary or r desirable, which may be required pnflthe 1 road even, as thegshortcircuitinglofm defective cell, the adding of water, ctc., it is obviously advantageous to be able to make these changes without removing =the entirev battery and without havingytoirumthe 'vehid0 cle over a pit.

The phjeet of my inventionis the provision. of novel means for supporting the cradle'carrying the battery which, while -a1- lowing .its -ready attachment {and *dcthch.

H5 ment, when combined :with mproper cradle,

allows also the ready withdrawal and insertion of any or all sections of :the battery without the removal -of the r cradle.

In accordance with {my invention %I carry anthe battery cradle on a (plurality of hooks pivotally supported and extending ibeneath the vehicle lbO'ClY and adapted to be brought into engagement with the-ends of the cradle when it 1s in position. iProvision is also 46 'madeqfor preventing the cradle from swinging when it .is suspended on -thehooks. Such supporting means engaging only the ends of the oradleimay be combined with a cradle providedwith-s1de openings,.in whirl 'caseeny or-ell sections of the battery m y be removed without the removal of the cradle.

In the drawi whichforms a ,part of this specification is .illustrated one construction .65 involving my .inwcntion.

. should -fit falrly-closel-ybetween' the points 4 and the bodies of the hooks andthis alone F igure 1 is a side elevation of a vehicle showing the battery cradle supported in position; 'Fig. 2 is .a detached perspective of :the supporting means and (cradle; and Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views ofparts of the attaching means.

Elhe hooks 1 are preferably mounted in two groups, one group facing-the forward and the-other facing the rear end ofthe vehicle. The hooks areso positioned that one group engages one end of thebattery-cradle and:the other group engagesthe other end, when the cradle is in position. The hooks may be pivoted to any suitable part of the vehicle structure and extend below the body. :They are-shown'onthe drawing as pivoted to-the'frame of the vehicle-beneath the body.

ln-order tozprevent-aswinging'movement I of the cradle, =as*for example, when the vehicle is started or stopped, I preferably provide abut-merits 2 on the hooks and 00- operating abutments 3 located adjacent thereto on'the basesron which the hooks are mounted. The abutments, while allowing unlimited "movement in a direction away from the cradle, limit the movement of the hooks ;inthe engaging direction, and may bermade adjustable as-shown' in the drawing. Thecngagingmemb'ers 5 of the cradle may be suflicient to :prevent undesirable swinging. The abutments for this purpose are however preferable and when they are used small --clearanccs between the members 5-and-the'bodies of the hooks are-allowable to permitrthe ready seating of the members.

\ The abutments shouldbe so adjusted as 'to permit movement in --the engaging directions only of a 'sufiicient amount to allow the engagements of the engaging members 50f the cradle behind the points 4 of the hooks. I have further provided the hooks withthe recesses 6 and coiiperating therewith spring members 7. These recesses and the 00- operating springs are so located that the springs will yie dingly hold the hooks in the engaged or disengaged positions, thereby' facilitating the ready attachment and detachment of the cradle. By providing re cesses 6 on both sides of each hook, it is} necessary to make but one style of hook, which, being reversible, is interchangeable with all 'theothers. I

[I @prefer to construct the battery cradle with longitudinal engaging members 5, which in addition may be parts of the frame of the cradle. In order that the books may -to disengaging position and are automatically yieldingljy held in that position by the s rin 7 enga 'ng with the pro er recesses.

P gs g1 P 6. The cradle is now free from thevehicle and may be removed .on a truck. The opera.

tion of attachment of the cradle to the vehicle is as simple, and ismerely the reversal of the detaching operation.

I am aware that battery cradles of the same general type as that shown in the drawings, that is cgadles wherein the cells are located in sections, each section separate'and distinct from every other section and capable of removal through the side of the cradle when the detachable side cover 9 is removed, were in useprior to my invention but so far as 1 know all were attached to the vehicle in a manner permanent to all practical purposes. By providing cradle end-engaging, detachable supporting means with such a cradle, I have access to the individual cells and cell sections. without removing the cradle as a whole and also have a readily detachable cradle. The combina tion of the specific attachi'n and support; ing means above disclosed with the cradle I have shown,'I have found to be entirely satisfactory in practice.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

' 1. A battery cradle supportv for vehicles comprising in combination a plurality. of hooks facing in different directions, 'pi'votally supported and extending beneath the vehicle body and adapted to be brought into engagement with the battery cradle to sup-l port the same, and abutments for limiting the movement of the hooks in the engaging directions.

V c'radleand hooks.

' 2. A battery cradle support for vehicles comprising in combination a plurality of hooks pivotally supported and extending beneath the vehicle body and adapted to be brought into engagement with the battery cradle to support the same, and adjust-able meansffor preventing. the swinging of the battery cradle support for vehicles comprising in combination, a pluralityor hooks facing in different directions, pivotally sup orted and extending beneath the vein ole ody and adated to be brought into engagement with t e battery cradle to support the same, and adjustable abutmenta for limiting the movement of the hooks in the engaging directions 4. The combination with a battery cradle for vehicles, of hooks pivotally supported and extending beneath the vehicle be; :y and engaging the top frame or the battery cradle to su port the some and meansfor preventing he swinging. oi the cradle and nob rs.

' 5. The combination with a battery cradle for vehicles, said cradle being provided with supporting members extending laterally thereof, of hooks pivotally supported and extending beneath the vehicle body and closely engaging the cradle supporting mem bers to support the cradle, and abutments for limltill the movements is the hooks.

e. A, bet cradle support f r vehicles comprising incninbination hooks racing one end of the vehicle, and other hooks facing theother end of the vehicle, all said hooks being pivotally sup orted andexteiirliii'g beneath the vehicle Bdy and adapted to be brought into engagement with the ends of the battery cradle to 511 port the cradle and abutments to limit e movements 0 the hooks in the engaging directions. V

7. A battery cradle support for vehicles comprising in combination hooks facing one end of the vehicle, and other hooks facing the other end of the vehicle, all said hooks being pivotally su' ported and extending beneath the vehicle ody and adapted to be brou ht into engagement with the ends of the Many cradle to support the cradle, and adjustable abutments to limit the move merits of the hooks in the engaging directions.

- 8. A; batter cradle support for vehicles ec'mplflising in combination hooks facing one end of the vehicle, and other books facing the other end of the vehicle, all said hooks being pivotally supported and extending beneath the vehicle body and adapted to be brou ht into en agement with the ends of the 1 attery era 1e to .su port the cradle, means for yieldingly hol ing the hooks in dilferent positions, and adjustable abut- .ments to limit the movements of the hooks in the engaging directions.

9. A battery cradle support for vehicles comprising in combination a plurality of hooks pivotally sup orted and extending beneath the vehicle loodv and adapted to be brought' into engagement with the battery cradle to support'the same means for yieldingly positions, and means for preventing the swinging of'the critdle and hooks.

10. 4.,battery-cradle support for vehicles compris g iiicombihation aplurality of holding said hooks in different.

v hooks facing in diflerent directions, pivotally supported and extending beneaththe vehicle body and adapted to be brought into engagement with the battery cradle to sup-' brought into engagement with the battery cradle to support the same, means for yieldingly holding said hooks in difierent positions, and adjustable means for preventing the swinging of the cradle and hooks.

12. The combination with a vehicle, of a battery cradle provided with an opening atone side for the removal of the battery without the removal of the cradle and supporting members attached to the vehicle and extending beneath the vehicle body arranged to be moved intoengagement with the endsv of the cradle to support the Same.

13. The combination with a vehicle, of a battery cradle provided with an opening at one side for the removal of the battery without the removal of the cradle, and

hooks pivotally supported and extending beneath the vehicle adapted to engage the ends of the cradle to support the same.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto. set my hand thisfourth day of May, 1912.

' ROBERT MoA. LLOYD.

I Witnesses:

L. M. Emma, T. E. QUEENEY.

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. Washington, D. G." 

